Norfolk county council: John Dobson, who was elected as a Conservative in Dersingham division, has been expelled from the Conservative group after complaints about his conduct. He had moved a motion at a group meeting to overthrow group and council leader Derrick Murphy over a disputed council decision to site an energy from waste plant in King’s Lynn.

Byelection on 27 September in Clenchwarton and King’s Lynn South division after the death of Conservative county councillor David Harwood. Term ends 2013.

Runnymede borough council: Byelections on 27 September in Chertsey Meads ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Diana Cotty, and New Haw ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Chris Knight. The terms end in 2016 (Chertsey Meads) and 2014 (New Haw).